Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
This is my commandment - The special law of Christianity, called hence "the new commandment." See the notes at John 13:34.
As I have loved you - That is, with the same tender affection, willing to endure trials, to practice self-denials, and, if need be, to lay down your lives for each other, I John 3:16.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing John 15:12:
Hosea 2:19
Romans 12:10
1 John 4:21
2 John 1:5
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